Must-read book!

[alr2903]

Hi coldspot

Yes caloric always had nice looking stoves, big on lighted backguards and clocks and timed outlets. My aunts also had the thermostatic burner, with the little "tab" the touched the pot like the roper pictured above. what happened to caloric? alr2903.

 

[coldspot66]

I think Raytheon "retired" Caloric, Modern Maid & Glenwood in the 90's. Since Amana was a most recognized name, they labeled everything Amana and dropped low end gas ranges like Glenwood & Sunray.

 

[david]

oops-it (thermostatic burner) was called a

 

[spiralactivator]

The thermostatic gas burner was called a Burner with a Brain.

 

[david]

Right!

 

[kenwashesmonday]

GE Sensi-temp burner (electric range)

The GE Sensi-temp burners were a nightmare. Did you ever try to cook on one? Hot, cold, hot, cold, hot... oops burn't the butter! The sensor was unavailable from GE since who knows when. Our 1956 dual-oven range was georgous and functional, but we rarely used the Sensi-temp burner, and it was one of the 2 large burners. The P-7 self-cleaning 30" range that replaced it was nice, but the self-cleaning wasn't worth it, Mom realized that I was right, we should have kept the old one (Almost the same range that Unimatic has).
Finally, in the 80s I guess, GE did away with the thermostatically controlled burner, but too late, the ranges were all junk by then anyway.

If I had that range today, I'd convert that miserable burner to a regular Calrod somehow.

Ken D.

Electric cooking is wonderfull, just make sure your pots have flat bottoms and don't rock on the burner.

 

[kenmore1978]

Unit with a brain

Sensi-temp unit worked great on both my paternal Grandmother's Flair range and my maternal Grandmother's Frigidaire built-in cooktop

 

[kenmore1978]

Burner with a Brain

So does anyone want this instruction manual? No charge, first one who says they want it gets it.

 

[kenmore1978]

Burner with a Brain

inside

 

[kenmore1978]

Burner with a Brain

back cover